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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Mar Res. 2015 May 1;73(3-4):93–122. doi: 10.1357/002224015815848811

Table 2.

Percentage volumes of Scotian Shelf Water (SSW), Labrador Slope Water (LSW) and Warm Slope Water (WSW) during each of the extreme temperature and salinity events (warm/salty and cold/fresh) in waters at 250 m in Jordan Basin, indicated in Figure 4, determined using the 3-point mixing scheme in Mountain (2012).

Event Year Season Ave. Temp. (°C) Ave. Salinity % SSW % LSW % WSW
1. Warm/Salty 2004 Winter/Spr. 9.2 34.70 15 22 63
2. Cold/Fresh 2005 Summer 6.6 33.75 54 13 33
3. Warm/Salty 2006 Fall 8.8 34.70 13 33 54
4. Cold/Fresh 2008 Summer 6.6 34.10 30 39 31
5. Warm/Salty 2011 Winter/Spr. 9.7 34.75 15 13 72
6. Warm/Salty 2014 Winter 9.5 34.70 18 13 69